Loving...

I've heard many designers say that if you LOVE something, you should use it in your home because you will never get sick of it like we do trends. Especially true for favorite colors. When I had my first apartment it was all gray. Gray walls, tile, counters, carpet. I'd like to say the complex was ahead of the trend but they weren't, just cheap... I actually made that space feel beautiful and homey with my favorite color, purple. I love purple. All shades of purple.

When I moved in with my husband (then bf) I knew he wasn't going to be on board with the purple scheme invading HIS space. So I moved in and I moved on. In our home that I've been continuously changing and working on for the past 8 years, I have incorporated a lot of colors I adore but I left out my favorite one, PURPLE!

Today while browsing World Market for a couple pieces of furniture I desperately need, I came across this. My pulse rate went up and I knew it was love at first sight. Not only do these have purple but there are many other colors to work with including the biggest one I'm trying to match! (A crazy mix of peacock and denim blue). The problem is at about $35 each I need over $200 worth :( Hubby won't be too happy about that considering he just adviced me of our credit card bill after school shopping for Reagan. Ooops! Well, here we go again with the whole "wants vs. needs" debate. I will get those someday and then the whole house will magically come together in decorated harmony. LOL!

Daughter's Room Inspiration

Before posting pictures of how her room is starting to look, I thought I should probably add some inspirational imagines first, it will help keep me on track :) I did post about putting a tree in her room here.


By the way, I am totally a click and save kind of chick, I get so excited when I browse and I always forget to document where a picture originated so if at anytime in any post you see a picture of yours or one that you know where it came from, let me know and I will add the source immediately. Sorry!

Daughter's Room Makeover (Part 1)

A while back I started working on Reagan's room. The walls were a neutral brown and it was used as a room for guests until she was born. I didn't bother with nursery decor because I figured she wouldn't be spending much time in there since she was a micro-preemie and was with me most of the time. When she was about 4 years old I decided it was time to give her a more girly space. She is now 5 1/2 and I'm still working on it... Sorry baby girl!

Here is the room before I started working on it and a couple pieces of furniture that have also had makeovers in the process which I will post about soon...

View looking into the room from the hall. All along I have wanted the bed to the main focus when you look into the room. I wanted to position it below the window and make the window and bed one big pretty focal point.

This wall now has the beginnings of a faux tree made of corkboard and paper.